diff --git a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
index b39021863e9..0aa3294a0df 100644
--- a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hbase-annotations</artifactId>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
             <artifactId>hbase-protocol</artifactId>